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French President Emmanuel Macron met with parliamentary parties on Thursday. During the meeting Macron said he was open to the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine, as announced by, according to French newspaper L’Independant. Fabien Roussel, a representative of the French Communist Party, said after the meeting that “Macron referenced a scenario that could lead to intervention [of French troops]: the advancement of the front towards Odesa or Kyiv.” He noted that the French President showed parliamentarians maps of the possible directions of strikes by Russian troops in Ukraine. Following the meeting, Jordan Bardella of the far-right National Rally party...

This week Prime Minister Gabirel Attal tried to draw Marine Le Pen into a debate on agricultural issues in the midst of the ongoing farmers protests... The Agriculture Show came to Paris Friday but so did protesting farmers staging an event with a convoy of tractors.... French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin moving quickly Thursday arresting Imam Mahjoub Mahjoubi and expelling him back to Tunisia... Today President Emanuel Macron trying to make a splash as the Agricultural Show in Paris saying he offers the way out of the grievances of the farmers caused by Free Market Global Capitalism undercutting the livelihoods...

When a Top 50 list of personalities in France came out at the end of last year 28-year-old Jordan Bardella was on it. Bardella is President of the National Rally it's number two personality behind Marine Le Pen who leads the party in the National Assembly. While Le Pen is expected to run for President in 2027 Bardella will take the lead position in this year's European Parliament elections for the RN. Polling done this weekend... The need for youthful leadership in President Emmanuel Macron's Centrist Liberal Capitalist movement to counter this leading to career advancement for 34-year-old Gabriel Attal...

The death of Thomas, a 16-year-old stabbed after a dance party in southeastern France on November 19th triggered protests with the "Far-Right" blamed by the government. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin saying the government is seeking to ban small "Far-Right" organizations following those protests... The government of President Emmanuel Macron casting a wider net amid the controversy with a direct attack on the National Rally in France's National Assembly. Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti accusing the RN of seeking to divide France between its Catholic rural parts and urban Muslim parts. He claimed the RN needs to expel Racists and Nazis in...

On Friday night in Paris the fifth anniversary of the Yellow Vests was commemorated and there would be many more commemorations today Saturday... For ten hours on Friday President Emmanuel Macron holding a consultation with leaders of opposition parties willing to participate. This was the last in a series of meetings that some opposition parties like Environmentalist and the National Rally attended with its President Jordan Bardella in the room. But other opposition forces including the LFI (Left) and Les Republicans (Mainstream Right)... Following last Sunday's Civic March against Anti-Semitism Marine Le Pen the National Rally leader in the National...

Even as President Emmanuel Macron's executive power was again used to push through a budget opposed by a majority of the National Assembly Macron's minority faction found an issue to distract from its heavy-handed approach to passing laws. "Racism" A debate about a migrant boat in the Mediterranean and whether France should help the migrants distracted when a National Rally member of the National Assembly, Gregoire de Fournas interrupted a speech by a LFI (Left) Deputy who is black... Meanwhile increasingly empty shelves in French supermarkets... Yellow Vests on the street in Paris Saturday afternoon... New leadership for the National...

France has called European Union to impose financial & trade sanctions on Turkey & Pakistan. French Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Jordan Bardella has expressed concerns over terrorism emanating from countries like Turkey and Pakistan.France demands EU sanctions after terror attacks in Paris, Nice & Vienna | Jordan Bardella

Populist leader Marine Le Pen and her Rassemblement National (National Rally, or RN) have triumphed over sitting French president Emmanuel Macron in the European Parliament elections, according to exit polls. Ms Le Pen declared victory following exit polls showing the RN winning around 24 per cent of the vote, compared to Macron’s La Republique En Marche! (LREM) who, according to projections, has come in second with 22.5 percent of the vote, French newspaper Le Figaro reports. Declaring victory, the RN leader said, “The trust we have been given by the French in designating us as the first party in France...